
This photograph of Choctawhatchee Bay was taken Jamuxry 27, 1919, 
by QeoTge M. Kirk, of Waterloo, loua 



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CopvriKhtcd 1919 

by the 

lowa-Grayton Beach Cluh 

Gravton Beach. Florida 

Genera! Otf.ces: 

•vos FiKt National B.mh BuMmg. 

Waterloo. Iowa 



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SEP i3l9lb 



FOREWORD 



Tk S one of the Founder Members and Trustees of the 
/-\ Iow.\-Grayton Beach Club, / consider it a privi- 
■*• le^e and an honor in being instrumental in organizing, 
planning and developing what I consider to be one of the 
greatest Country Clubs in America. Naturally, I have vis- 
ited and made a rigid investigation of the property, and I 
have no hesitancy in giving it my warmest endorsement and 
in recommending it to my best friends as well as the people 
of Iowa. 

The plans contain many features of an especially attrac- 
tive nature. It is a Club. It is not a corporation — it is an 
association, a Club, just as its name implies. Its membership 
IS limited. It provides an ideal vacation spot where hunting, 
fishing, golfing, boating and bathing are open to members 
without cost, where there is real value back of every dollar 
invested in a membership, where with ordinary management 
members will be enabled to spend several weeks each year 
with less expense than it would cost to live at home, and at 
the same time realize a handsome dividend from their in- 
creased health and energy. 

Unique? — yes, yet practical. 

In the following pages we have attempted to describe 
The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club, yet words are but 
feeble instruments when it comes to conveying to the mind 
the possibilities of the Club operations or the beauty of the 
grounds and bathing beach which is ours. These must be 
seen in order to fully appreciate them. 

I ask you to read this book carefully and with the 
assurance that every statement made in these pages is con- 
servative rather than e.xtravagant, that every statement is to 
me a demonstrated possibility and that I frankly, earnestly 
and honestly believe in The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club 
from the inception of its plans to the roster of its members 
and it is with that faith that I invite you to become a member. 

Cordially yours, 



Vice-President and Treasurer 







Page T<w( 



Club Officers 



President E. S. Johnson, Webster City, Iowa 

Vice-President and Treasurer . John J. Carleton, Iowa Falls, Iowa 
Secretary J. E. Hauskins, Waterloo, Iowa 



Board of Trustees 



E. S. Johnson, Webster Cm% Iowa. 
President Monarch Co., Inc. 

Dr. Carl Stutsman, Des Moines, 
Iowa. Eminent physician and Medi- 
cal Director for the Merchant's Life 
Insurance Co. 

Charles A. Helsell, Fort Dodge, 
Iowa. Of Helsell & Helsell, Attor- 
neys for Illinois Central Railroad. 

John J. Carleton, Iowa Falls, Iowa. 
Investment Banker and Vice-Presi- 
dent First National Bank. 

V. P. McManus, Manson, Iowa. Well 
known attorney. Former Countj' 
Attorney of Calhoun County. 

George E. Frost, Mason Cit>', Iowa. 
Former County Auditor and a large 
land owner. 

B. J. Price, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Lead- 
ing attorney. 



Emil G. Schmidt, Des Moines, Iowa. 
President of the Des Moines Street 
Railways and President of First 
Trust & Savings Bank. 

George S. Tracy, Burlington, Iowa. 
Attorney and Vice-President Mer- 
chants National Bank. 

Dr. J. S. Henderson, Oskaloosa, 
Iowa. Well known physician. 

H. J. McChesnev, Algona, Iowa. 
Prominent citizen and former Coun- 
ty Treasurer of Kossuth County. 

J. U. Sammis, Sioux City, Iowa. Prom- 
inent attorney and Past Grand E.x- 
alted Ruler of the B. P. O. E. 

H. O. Bernbrock, Waterloo, Iowa. 
President Chamber of Commerce and 
Waterloo Club, and successful busi- 
ness man. 



Executive Committee 



E. S. Johnson, Webster City, Iowa. 
Charles A. Helsell, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. 
J. E. Hauskins, Waterloo, Iowa. 



John J. Carleton, Iowa Falls, Iowa. 

B. j. Price, Ft. Dodge, Iowa. 

H. O. Bernbrock, Waterloo, Iowa. 



Address A// CoTTimunicanons to the 

lowA^QRAvroN Beach Club 



505 First National Bank Building 



Waterloo, Iowa 



Page Three 




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1 — Salt water trout caught in Choctawhatchee Bay. 
The finest fishing on the Continent is found on 
this Bav and tributary waters. 



2 — Hundreds of wild ducks on Choctawhatchee 
Bay. (Club's property borders on Choctaw- 
hatchee Bay on north.) See map, last page. 



Page Four 



Qrayton Beach 



"As ive journey llirounh life let ui live by the ivay." 

— Tom Moore. 

There comes a time in the life of every man when he wants to get away 
from the everlasting grind — when he wants to be a boy again — when he 
wants to play. 

To one, play means to shoulder a gun and, with a dog at his heels, 
tramp through the woods and fields, returning at night tired but happy, with 
vigor renewed through intimate contact with nature. To another, it means a 
day with rod and reel in pursuit of the gamy bass or the elusive gravling. To 
the golf enthusiast it means a "double" or a "foursome," with his pals, fol- 
lowed by a soothing pipe with perhaps a "glass of Scotch" over which the 
game is replayed in all its details. The lover of the water looks forward to 
spending hours in the surf; lolling in the sands of the beach, or in rowing, 
sailing, or motor-boating; and those not so actively inclined find their hap- 
piest hours of play on spacious, shady verandas — a book to read, or a favor- 
ite game of cards — and the "song of the sea." 

An Ideal Recreation Qround 

The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club was organized especially for the 
accommodation and benefit of a limited number of reliable and responsible 
citizens of the State of Iowa. It is for those who feel that they would like 
to have a comfortable, respectable, and exclusive place where they could 
take their families for two or three months each year and get away from 
either the extreme cold of the winter months or the excessive heat of sum- 
mer; where, instead of being burdened with the so-called service and exor- 
bitant charges of resort hotels and beaches, they can enjoy themselves as 
best suits their own desires in a modern family club house with spacious 
grounds, an expansive beach, with bathing, boating, fishing, hunting, golf, 
shooting, and other forms of recreation at their own disposal at will and 
under their own supervision — the expense of which, instead of being from 
ten to twenty-five dollars per day, will be just sufficient to cover the actual 
operating expenses, possibly and probably not more than two dollars per day. 

Then, too, there is another side to the matter — a phase of our plan 
which we will develop later on — which makes it possible — yes, more than 
probable, that the Club income from its properties will be sufficient not only 
to greatly reduce the expenses of each member's annual vacation, but also to 
pay him a handsome money dividend in addition to his dividend of increased 
health and energy. 

The Management 

The Club is not a corporation. It is an Association. Its Founder 
Membership is limited and will be made up of Iowa people as nearly as 
possible. Its affairs will be managed by a Board of Trustees selected from 



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1 — Deer killed by Senator Lindsay, of Florida, on 2 — Wild turkeys bagged by this same sportsman 

land close to Club property. on land adjacent to Club property. 



Page S I x 



and by its members. The first Board of Trustees— the men now in charge 
—men whom you know — are men of integrity and ability. (For complete 
list see page three.) 

And we should add here that applications for membership must be 
passed upon by the Board of Trustees before a Certificate of Membership 
will be issued. 

I he Board of Trustees select the officers from among their own num- 
ber — a proceeding which is customary. 

A Cliih of High Character 

I-rom what we ha\-e already said it must ha\c occurrctl to you that your 
\acations would be spent with your friends— possibly not your next door 
neighbors, but with well-to-do families from yarious parts of your own state 
—with ladies and gentlemen \yhose aims, ambitions and interests are in 
harmony with your own. Your \acation would be an enjoyable outing with 
substantial home folks— not with a motley crowd of strangers from all 
pomts of the compass— and such a vacation Is, after all, the kind of vacation 
that counts, that refreshes you, that sends you home with a renewed energy. 

Who Are Eligible to Join 

While the Club will always be kept high-class, yet do not get the im- 
pression that it is a millionaire's Club or a Club exclusively for one class of 
people. On the other hand, it is going to be the most democratic Club in 
America. ^ The members are going to rule it at all times. They are going to 
select their own trustees and officers. "J'hey are going to make their own 
rules and regulations and they are going to run things to suit their own 
pleasure, taste and convenience. 

It is not a bankers" Club, a business men's Club, a physicians' Club, a 
lawyers' Club or a farmers' Club but it is a Club for every reliable man and 
woman of good, moral character and who stands well in his or her own 
community. The farmer, the grocerman, the druggist, the shoe merchant, 
the baker, the newspaper publisher and those in the many other walks of life 
are just as welcome as any other class — they will find their surroundings and 
the Club atmosphere all that could be desired, for good fellowship and com- 
panionship will always reign supreme at the Iowa-Grayton Beach Club. 

Property and Location 

So much for the organization, plans, purposes and possibilities of the 
Club. Let us now consider the property in all its phases, and in considering 
the property and location, refer to the maps in the back part of this book. 
By referring to those maps you can get a very clear and intelligent idea of 
the exact location which is exceptionally well adapted to our purposes. 

The property of The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club will embrace in 
addition to its superb beach frontage of eleven miles on the Gulf of Mexico, 
a great ^iiwe preserve — a veritable hunting and fishing paradise — a large 



Page Seven 




1 — A morning's catch in Choctawhatchee Bay, with 

ordinary pole and line. 
2 — These pompano were caught in Choctawhatchee 

Bay. They are plentiful. 
3 — Choctawhatchee Bay, that wonderful body of 

salt water on which Chih properti,- borders. 



-Pleasure launches on Cedar Creek. This creek 
empties into Choctawhatchee Bay, a short dis- 
tance from Club property. 

-Grayton Beach on Gulf of Mexico. Club 
property includes 11 miles of this grand, snow- 
white, hard, sandy beach. 



P a (J e Eight 



tract of fertile land on which will be raised, every month in the year, the 
vegetables, the fruits and the meats with which to satiate the ravenous appe- 
tites of Club members who love good things to eat. 

This valuable property is about seventy miles east of Pensacola, and at 
the eastern end of Choctawhatchee Bay— in Walton County, Florida. The 
eleven mile frontage on the Gulf of Mexico is known as (irayton Beach, from 
which the Club derives its name. 

Grayton Beach is without doubt one of the finest bathing beaches in 
America. The sand is very fine and white, the granules and color being 
almost an exact duplicate of granulated sugar. The beach is free from 
undertow, and slopes into the sea so gradually that a person can walk out 
mto the water for a distance of one hundred yards without getting beyond 
one's depth. It is ideal for bathing — clean' and white. This fine sand 
beach, wet down by the ocean wa\es, makes a beautiful auto drive for many 
miles. It is facing this wonderful beach that the Club House for the accom- 
modation of Club Members will be erected. 

This excellent health-giving salt-water bathing, the sunshine, the sands 
m which to dig, gorgeous flowers of many species, the sweet magnolias and 
the birds will make Grayton Beach a place of intense interest and pleasure to 
the women folks and for the youngsters who are privileged to spend their 
vacations in this land of health, sunshine and flowers. 

A Wonderful Playground 

Grayton Beach and Choctawhatchee Bay, together with the adjacent 
lands, comprise one of the most wonderful playgrounds it is possible to 
miagine. Choctawhatchee Bay is four miles In the rear of Grayton Beach. 
This bay is about thirty miles long, averages ten miles in width, and 
abounds with almost all kinds of fresh water and salt water fish, as do all 
the rivers and creeks flowing into the bay. During the latter part of May 
and the early part of June the tarpon fishing in that portion of the Gulf of 
Mexico is unsurpassed. 

Ihere is, without doubt, the hcsi ftsh'nuj on ihe Cdiiliiioil in the waters 
adjacent to Grayton Beach. 

For the hunter there is an abundance of wild game — turkey, duck, 
geese, quail, deer, and fox. During the winter months the waters of Choc- 
tawhatchee Bay are covered with thousands of wild fowl. On the north of 
the bay is the Government Forest Reserve of nearly a quarter of a million 
acres, and one can have quail, wild turkey, and venison on the table every 
day during the season if he so desires. In fact this country is truly a para- 
dise for sportsmen. 

For the yachting enthusiast, Choctawhatchee Bay and Santa Rosa 
Sound afford an inland, land-locked waterway seventy miles in length, 
which for this sport is the equal of any place in the world. 

At Grayton Beach the golfer will have a course that will be "a joy to 



Page Nine 




1 — Members of Board of Trustees inspecting prop- 
erty. Photo taken at Point Washington. 

2 — Same members enjoying a stroll over Club prop- 
erty. 

3 — A beautiful, wooded scene at Point Washington. 



-I — A drive along Choctawhatchee Bay on Club 
property. 

5 — Picking flowers on November 14th, on land ad- 
joining Club property. 

6 — A beautiful, inexpensive home on Choctaw- 
hatchee Bay. 



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his heart," and the tennis player and trapshooter will not be forgotten. 
Nothing will be left undone to make the Club one of the most attracti\-e and 
at the same time one of the most restful places on the Gulf Coast. 

Point Washington — A Historic Town 

Aside from the manifold attractions to the hunter and fisherman, the 
golfer, the yachtsman, the horseman and the devotee of the wonderful surf, 
there will be incorporated a very practical feature in the Club's benefits in 
connection with the old settlement of Point Washington. This historic old 
place forms a portion of the Club's property. 

Point Washington is one of the oldest settlements in the United States. 
It was first settled about the time that St. Augustine was founded. It is a 
quaint old place, very interesting, and situated at the most beautiful spot on 
Choctawhatchee Bay. It is here that it is intended to establish the Club's 
golf course and some of the tennis courts. 

Docks and boat-houses also will be erected at Point Washington for 
the accommodation of Club members, who may rest assured that their boats, 
cottages, and other property will be properly looked after during their ab- 
sence, by the Club's attendants. 

Valuable Building Lot Free 

The Board of Trustees has decided to survey and plat a townsite at 
Point Washington to encourage the members to build their own cottages. 
The Club will, therefore, give a beautiful lot, 50x150 feet, to each Founder 
Member who will agree to build a cottage thereon. 

Being right in the heart of a vast lumber district and with sawmills in 
the immediate vicinit)', a cottage can be built at a much lower cost than for 
the same building erected here in the north. 

No one but a Club member can acquire one of these lots. If for any 
reason you cannot build on your lot, it can be disposed of to another member 
who desires more ground or who wants to get in another location. These 
lots, conservatively speaking, should be worth in the near future more than 
the present cost of membership. 

Climate and Rainfall 

This particular part of Florida has a climate that is remarkably equable 
and is unequalled anywhere in the entire state for an all-the-year-roiind 
resort. The winters are mild and the summers are exceptionally cool. You 
can sleep under a cover at Grayton Beach the hottest nights we have in July 
and August. 

Referring to the even temperature, note the following record which 
shows the average temperature per month for the past eleven years, as re- 



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4—1 hi- 1- ilu- luiriif i.t lusc 
5 — Two-year-old fig glove. 
6 — Young grape arbor. 



\\ atenneloii 
2 — Ponderosa lemons, weighing 3j pounds. 

will make a bucketful of lemonade. 
3 — Two-year-old pear tree. 

(Note: This fruit was raised and photographed at Santa Rosa, Florida, only six miles due 
Club property. Same soil — same climate — conditions identically the same.) 



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corded by the ^^'eather Bureau at St. Andrews, uhich is just a few miles 
east of Grayton Beach: 



Temperature 
Months Degrees Fahrenheit 

January 51.4 

February 52.4 

March ' 62.9 

April 65.2 

.Vlay 74.5 

June 80.2 



Temperatur 
Degrees Fahrei 

81.3 



Months 

July 

August 81.6 

September 77.7 

October 69.0 

November 59.5 

December 52.4 



I he same Weather Bureau is also authority for the statement, taken 
from its records for a period of eleven years, that the average rainfall is 
sixty-four inches per year. This rainfall and the long even-tempered grow- 
ing season accounts for the marvelous productiveness of the soil. Also, as 
our property is high and dry, ive are not bothered zvitli flies or mosquitoes, 
which is certainly a redeeming feature. 



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How Property Is Reached 

I he most direct route to the Club grounds from Iowa points is by way 
of Pensacola, Floricia, from St. Louis or Chicago. From Pensacola the 
transportation to and from Grayton Beach will be principally by boat — a 
most delightful trip of seventy miles through Santa Rosa Sound and Choc- 
tawhatchee Bay — a land-locked water route which is one of the attractive 
features of the \acation trip. 

There is a good boat now making this run, but later on the Club will 
have its own fast passenger boat for this trip between Pensacola and the 
Club grounds, carrying Club members without charge. Through operation 
of our own daily boat between Point Washington and Pensacola, we will 
have, of course, a daily mail service. 



The Club House 

The building of the Club House and the landscaping of the grounds 
will be let under contract. The Club House itself is being designed for 
economical construction, rustic style, and of spacious dimensions. We ex- 
pect to have our Club House ready for use sometime during 1920. It will 
be so designed as to be built in units as the business or patronage may make 
it necessary, each unit to be a part of the harmonious whole, so that when 
completed it will be strictly modern in every respect; a large, roomy, com- 
fortable, convenient home for members; a place where a vacation can be 
enjoyed to the utmost. 

We should add that a plentiful supply of splendid water can be had 
anywhere in this section by sinking a well to a depth of twenty to thirty feet, 
and an artesian well which will throw out a continuous stream of clear, cool, 
sparkling water can be had by driving to a depth of from two hundred to 
three hundred feet. 



1' a y e T li i r t e e n 




1— A typical FIcirlda .luail hunting; Mine. Quail 
are plentiful on the Club and adjoining property. 

2 — Horseback riding is a favorite pastime and a 
healthy recreation for the ladies. 

3 — Artesian well onlv short distance from Club 
property. 



-I— I'w,, kiniU of pi-aclu's. I'hcv both thrive in 
this part of Florida. 

5 — Magnolia Farm, near Pensacola, Florida, 70 
miles due west of Club property. A farm that 
will surprise our northern farmers. 



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Qood Things to Eat 

One of the foremost thoughts of the Club will be to set a good table. 
With a Club House of this character, with fresh vegetables, luscious fruits 
and meats, supplied from our own gardens, groves, orchards and farm, there 
IS no reason or excuse for not being able to set a table at a very moderate 
cost "fit for a king." 

Special attention will always be given to the home comforts provided 
m the Club House rooms. Clean, sanitary, soft beds, which is a part of the 
Club plans, will always insure a sound, refreshing night's rest. 

Development Program 

The Club Trustees and Officers have made very definite and practical 
plans for the development and profitable operation of this great property, 
which will make a Founder Membership a thing of profit as well as pleasure! 

No attempt, of course, will be made to develop the entire tract immedi- 
ately. It is the intention of the Club management, however, to clear pos- 
sibly several thousand acres of the property most available and conveniently 
located and put it into a high state of cultivation. Besides providing the 
Club with the choicest of food there will be a large surplus which can be 
marketed at a handsome profit, the proceeds of which will be applied to the 
operation of the Club which will reduce the cost to guest members to a 
minimum. 

A Profitable Prospect 

For the purchase of stock and the clearing and development of land, 
the Club will have a fund of several hundred thousand dollars over and 
above all requirements for the erection of the Club House, laying out of 
grounds and golf course, building of roads, wharves and boat-houses, and 
nnprovement of the Point Washington townsite. 

Accustomed as Iowa people are to farming operations, it is hardly 
necessary to go into details as to the possibilities for profit from virgin soil 
on a farm of a thousand or five thousand acres, particularly when two crops 
of marketable product can be raised each year with so little danger of loss 
as is possible in the Grayton Beach district. 

Schools 

Many of our members and prospective members with children of 
school age have made inquiry about school facilities. The Board of Trus- 
tees have provided in their plans for a modern school system whereby chil- 
dren of Club members will be able to pursue their studies without interrup- 
tion while their parents are guests of the Club. 

Soil and Products 

Our soil is a rich, sandy loam, with a clay sub-soil. Most of it is very 
black. It requires practically no draining except what can be done by surface 



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1 — Field uf velvet beans. 
2 — Second cutting of Rhodes 
3 — Navy beans 



■4 — Field of sugar cane. 

5 — Field corn and cucumbers. 

6 — Sweet potatoes, November 14th. 



(Note: These crops were raised and photographed at Santa Rosa, Florida, si.x miles due west of our 
Club property, on identically the same soil, in the same climate and under the same conditions 
as prevail at (jrayton Beach.) 



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ditches. The land has been cut over and the lumber taken off, and there are 
about forty to fifty stumps to the acre. The surface rises to as much as fifty 
feet above sea level, and it is free from ponds, marshes, lowlands or gullies. 
There is no better soil in the south for the successful growing of 
oranges, grape fruit, figs, peaches, pears, plums, kumquats, Japanese per- 
simmons, all varieties of grapes, watermelons, cataloupe, asparagus, straw- 
berries, blackberries, raspberries, dewberries, Kudzu hay, velvet beans, corn, 
cow peas, millet, Irish and sweet potatoes, peanuts, sugar cane, tomatoes 
and many varieties of root crops, fruits, tame hay, etc. 

Organization and Management 

As stated by Mr. Carleton in the "Foreword," the Club is not a cor- 
poration. It is an association of limited memberships, and its affairs will 
be managed by a Board of Trustees selected each year from the Founder 
iVIembers of the Club. They serve the Club absolutely without compensa- 
tion other than their actual expenses when engaged on business for the Club. 
The only salaried officials of the organization will be a resident Club 
Manager, whose duties will be such as are necessitated by any large hotel; 
and a Farm Manager, who will have charge of all the farming and develop- 
ment operations under the direction of the Board of Trustees. 

A Limited Membership 

Now, you might say, our development program is an extensive one 
and will be very expensive, but when you realize that the development fund 
derived from the sale of memberships will yield after the land and the cost 
of selling is deducted practically $720,000.00 net you will readily see that all 
this work is possible and we feel assured that after very conservative esti- 
mates were made we found that all these developments are possible with 
the funds derived from memberships and that a substantial cash balance will 
remain in the treasury. 

Terms 

Founder Memberships in The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club are 
being offered to substantial citizens of Iowa today at $600.00 each, payable 
$200.00 when application is made; the balance payable in notes, $200.00 in 
three months, and $200.00 in six months from date of application. The 
Founder Membership is limited. These are life memberships — subject to 
sale or transfer in case the member finds it necessary to dispose of his mem- 
bership, but, of course, the person to whom such membership is offered for 
sale must be voted upon as a member by the Board of Trustees; it being 
the purpose of the organization to maintain a high standard of membership. 

Of the $600.00 paid in as a membership fee, 40"^ is actually set aside 
as a development fund to be used in clearing the land, building Club House, 
providing boats, building roads, establishing a truck garden, stocking the 
farm, etc., as already outlined, while the balance of the fee applies to organi- 



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zation expenses and the purchase price of this wonderful tract of land which 
is deeded to the President of the Club, in trust, for use and benefit of all 
Club members. Make all remittances payable to the lowa-Grayton Beach 
Club, 505 First National Bank Bldg., Waterloo, Iowa. 

No Dues or Assessments 

One of the remarkable features about this Club is that the members 
will never be required to pay any dues or assessments. Six hundred dollars 
covers a life membership and that is the total cost. 

How can this be done? The sale of memberships covers the purchase 
price of the property, the construction of the Club House, the building of 
roads, beautifying grounds, laying out of parks, building a fast passenger 
boat, laying out of golf course, the development of a large farm and stock- 
ing it, planting of fruit trees and leaves a surplus of something over 
$200,000.00. 

All farm products will be used first to supply the Club needs and the 
surplus will be marketed and the proceeds used in paying the operating ex- 
penses of the Club. If the income from the $200,000.00 and the farm will 
equal the Club expenditures, board and room will not cost the visiting mem- 
bers a dollar. If the sale of the surplus farm products and the income from 
the $200,000.00 does not meet the entire operating expenses then the visiting 
members will be required to meet this deficit, in proportion to the length of 
time they spend at the Club. This would be the only cost to them, for board, 
room and all Club privileges and at the most, should not exceed $2.00 
per day. 

Membership a Valuable Asset 

When the application for membership is signed and the fee paid, the 
Board of Trustees pass upon same, and, it being acceptable, they issue a 
Certificate of Membership as shown in this booklet, conferring upon each 
member all the rights and privileges of the Club and Club grounds, the Club 
beach, boats, golf course, the right to fish, hunt, ride horseback, do trap- 
shooting, play tennis, or enjoy any or all of the Club's free advantages and 
the Club House accommodations at a cost which is just sufficient to cover the 
actual cost of maintenance. 

Recapitulation 

In conclusion we want to reiterate that at Grayton Beach we have one 
of the finest playgrounds on the American continent, with an ideal climate 
both summer and winter. 

This playground is within easy distance of the middle west. Under 
our plan of operation Club members may enjoy their annual vacation at a 
cost so small as to be almost negligible. 

Founder Memberships are free of all dues or assessments; are trans- 
ferable, and pass by heritage. Every Founder Membership in The Iowa- 



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Grayton Beach Club should, in less than five years, be worth at a mini- 
mum estimate, from $1,500 to $2,000. 

Any Founder Member who will agree to build, will be given free of 
all cost, a choice building lot at beautiful Point Washington, in itself worth 
nearly the entire price of membership. 

Full value will be received by every member for every dollar put into 
the Association. Messrs. Baker, Vawter & Wolf, nationally known certified 
public accountants, with offices in Chicago, New York, St. Louis, Des Moines 
and other large cities, have been employed to keep the Club's books, render 
regular statements to every member, and audit all the funds of the organi- 
zation. 

The Club is organized In such a manner that there will be no regrets 
either to the Trustees or to the members as members. The Trustees are 
bankers, lawyers, farmers, professional and business men of the highest 
type and integrity in the State of Iowa. The management of the Club is 
in their hands. We invite investigation. 

That, then, is the story of The Iowa-Grayton Beach Club. Most 
of the Trustees have visited the grounds and surrounding country; inspected 
and investigated the whole proposition carefully and conservatively, and are 
honest and frank in their statement that it has their heartiest and unqualified 
approval and support. It is on that basis that they ask you to become a 
member of The Iowa-Graytox Beach Club. 




P a y e Nineteen 



Ninety Days to 
Investigate 

At a regular meeting of the Board of 
Trustees, held at its offices, Wednesday, 
July 16, 1919, the following resolution 
was adopted: 



"Whereas, the subscriber having pur- 
chased a founder membership in the Iowa- 
Grayton Beach Club without first inspect- 
ing the location and plans of the club, said 
club hereby expressly agrees that if the 
subscriber shall personally inspect the loca- 
tion and plans within ninety days of date 
of application and is not satisfied with the 
said location and plans, may, if he so elects 
within seven days after completing such 
inspection, notify the said club in writing 
at its office, 505 First National Bank Build- 
ing, Waterloo, Iowa, that he is not satisfied 
with said location and plans and desires to 
have his money back, the said club will, 
within ninety days after receipt of such 
written notice, return to the said subscriber 
the full purchase price of $600.00 paid to it 
for said founder membership." 



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TO OUR FHIEirDS AH) YOUR FRIENDS: 

For years, thousands of good, northern people, seeking 
to get away from the loe and snow, bllziarda and zero weather, 
bare Journeyed to Florida In search of a healthy, congenial 
ollmate and a plaoe where they oould take a real vacation and 
pursue their favorite out-door sports. Prota'bly you Ijelong to 
this olass. 

During the past several seasons, it has been next to 
impossible to find hotel accomodations even at the exhorbltant 
prices oharged. Almost Invariably a person was thrown among 
strangers, and this robbed the vacation of nine-tenths of its 
Joy and pleasure. 

Desiring to correct this evlL, a number of us represent- 
ative lowans got together and organized a modern Club to be com- 
posed of people from our own section of the Country, The founding 
of the lOWA-OlATTOH BEACH CLUB has been the outcome of our 
determination. 

We firmly believe that our idea of raising almost every- 
thing that goes on the tables of our Club is a good one, and that 
well cooked food, real cream, fresh butter and eggs, spring chicken, 
and all kinds of fresh vegetables, fruits and berries grown on 
our farm and in o\ir gardens will appeal to everyone who loves the 
good things of life, JUst imagine having all these luxuries, a 
modern club house or a private bungalow with all modem conveniences 
and the privacy of your own home, located in the heart of one of 
America's greatest playgounds. 

The ordinary family vacation trip to either a summer or 
winter resort is far more expensive each year than the entire cost 
of a life membership in the lOWA-GRAYTON BEACH CLUB, which, under 
Its unique plan of organization, offers an exclusive Club member- 
ship, backed by real value In good productive land. 

The location Is, for such a project, ideal. It will make 
a strong appeal to the hunter, bather, golfer, fisherman, motorist, 
and boatman. The groxinds and beach are beautiful and, believing 
a Buooessful future for the Club is assured, we take pleasure in 
oommendlng the Club and In Inviting you to take a membership— to 
oome and be one with us. 



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AMENDED ARTICLES of ASSOCIATION of the lOWA^ 
GRAYTON BEACH CLUB, of GRAYTON BEACH, FLORIDA 



I.— NAME. 
We, the undersigned, and such other persons who may 
become associated with us, as founder members of this 
Club, hereby associate ourselves together for the pur- 
poses hereinafter designated, under the name of THE 
lOWAGRAYTON HEACU CLUB OF GRAYTON 
BEACH. FLORIDA. 

II.— MEMBERSHIP. 
The founder membersliip of this Club shall be limited 
to three thousand (3,000) numbers; the (ee for each 
founder member shall be $600, On, payable in advance. 
Such founder membersliips shall be fully paid and non- 
assessable. Associate Memberships shall be limited to 
five hundred members. Associate members shall be en- 
titled to all Club privileges for life, but shall own no 
interest in the property of the Club, and shall not be 
transferable or heritable. The Associate Membership 
fee shall be Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars; and such 
membership may be converted into a Founder Member- 
ship any time within six months from date of issue by 
payment of an additional Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars. 
III.— PURPOSES AND OBJECTS. 
The purposes and objects of this Club shall be to 
construct and operate a Club House at Grayton Beach, 
Walton County, Florida, and in connection therewith to 
erect such other buildings and construct such fences, 
roads, boulevards, parks, golf links, docks, game pre- 
serves etc. as may be necessary to advance the pleasure 
and enjoyment of the Club members ; to acquire such 
real estate and to engage in such development and im- 
provement operations in connection therewith as may be 
deemed for the best interests of the Club, and in general 
to do any and all things that the Board of Trustees may 
deem best for the general welfare of tlie Club and its 
members. 

IV.— MANAGEMENT. 
The management and control of the business and the 
affairs of this Club from and after the first day of 
March, 1919, is vested in a Board of Trustees consisting 
of not less than seven (7) nor more than fifteen (15) 
founder members, the names and addresses of the fourider 
members who are to serve until the first annual meeting, 
or until their successors shall be elected, are as follows: 
E. S. Johnson. Webster City. Iowa. 
Dr. Carl Stutsman. Des Momes, Iowa. 
Charles A. Helsell. Fort Dodge, Iowa. 
John J. Carleton, Iowa Falls. Iowa. 
V. P. McManus, Manson, Iowa. 
George E. Frost. Mason City, Iowa. 
B. J. Price, Fort Dodge, Iowa. 
Emil G. Schmidt, Des Moines, Iowa. 
George S. Tracy, Burlington, Iowa. 
Dr. J. S. Henderson, Oskaloosa, Iowa. 
H. J. McChesney, Algona, Iowa. 
J. U. Sammis. Sioux City, Iowa. 
H. O. Bernbrock, Waterloo. Iowa. 

After the year 1919 the annual meeting of members 
shall be held on the First Tuesday in February of each 
year, at Grayton Beach, Walton County, Florida. 

At the first annual meeting of founder members held 
as above specified, there shall be elected a Board of 
Trustees, one-third of whose members shall be elected 
to serve for a period of one year, one-third to serve a 
period of two years and one-third to serve a period^ of 
three years and at each succeeding annual meeting 
members of the Board of Trustees shall be elected for a 
period of three years to succeed those^ members of the 
Board whose terms of service are expiring. 

Should a vacancy occur by death or resignation in the 
Board of Trustees, it shall be filled by the remaining 
members of the Board. All Trustees shall hold office 
until their successors have been elected by the founder 
members of the Club. A President, Vice-President, 
Secretary and Treasurer shall be the officers of the 
Club. The said Board of Trustees shall have the power 
and authority to employ such persons as may be neces- 
sary to the conduct of the business of the Club and_ to 
fix the compensation thereof. The Trustees in accepting 
this trust, assume no personal obligations to the mem- 
bers of the Club, except that at ALL times, they will 
act in GOOD FAITH and exercise their BEST JUDG- 
MENT in the management of its affairs. They shall 
RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION for their services, 
except such actual expenses as they may incur in at- 
tending to the affairs of the Club. They shall require 
that the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees shall exe- 
cute sufficient and adequate bond to be approved by the 
Board of Trustees, for the use and benefit of the mem- 
bers of the Club. 

The Board of Trustees shall at no time incumber the 
property of the Club without authority from the founder 
members, expressed by an affirmative vote of not less 
than two-thirds of the members at any annual meeting or 



at a special meeting of the members called for the pur- 
pose of acting upon this question, 

v.— PROPERTY AND RIGHTS. 
The Founder Membership fee in this Club shall be the 
sum of $600.00. All payments for membership shall be 
made payable to the President of the Board of Trustees, 
and shall be by him deposited in a thoroughly reliable 
bank. Upon the receipt of said membership fee, the 
President of the Board of Trustees shall pay to the Board 
of Trustees, or the officer designated by them, 40 per 
cent of the purcliase price, or $240.00, which shall be 
used by the said Board of Trustees for the erection of a 
Club House and the improving of the Club property. 
The remainder, 60 per cent, or $360.00, shall be applied 
in payment of the real estate which is now or may here- 
after be acquired, cost of selling, overhead expenses, etc. 
The title to all real estate shall be held by the Presi- 
dent of the Board of Trustees during the life and exist- 
ence of this Club for the use and benefit of the Founder 
Members of the Club. 

VI.— CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP. 
To each founder member of this Club there shall be 
issued by the Board of Trustees, a Certificate of Founder 
Membership. Such Certificate of Founder Membership 
may be assigned and transferred by tlie owner and hold«r 
thereof, and the assignee thereof siiall succeed to all of 
the rights and interests of the assignor thereof, in and to 
the Club, its privileges, and its property, provided, 
however that such rights shall inure to the assignee 
only after he has surrendered to the Secretary of the 
Club, the Certificate so assigned to him and has re- 
ceived in lieu thereof a new Certificate issued from the 
Club direct to him. 

VII.— ACCOUNTING RECORDS. 
The said Board of Trustees shall cause to be kept at 
the Club house or at such other place as may be desig- 
nated, a list of the founder members of tliis (Jlub and of 
the owners and holders of the memberships issued to its 
members. The said Board of Trustees shall also cause 
to be kept, an accurate record of each tract of land con- 
veyed to the President of the Board of Trustees, for the 
use and benefit of the Club, as the same shall be ac- 
quired by the Club upon the sale of memberships as 
hereinbefore sot forth. The said Board of Trustees 
shall also cause to be kept, an accurate and complete 
record of all moneys received, both from the member- 
shi[) fees and from the conduct and management of the 
business of this Club, and shall cause to be sent to the 
owner and holder of each founder membership, an an- 
nual statement as to the business affairs and financial 
condition of the Club. 

VIII.— DISSOLUTION. 
At the tenth annual meeting of founder members and 
concurrent therewith, on the date and at the place here- 
inbefore specified, there shall be called by the Board of 
Trustees a special business meeting of the founder mem- 
bers of this Club for the purpose of electing members of 
the Board of Trustees and for the transaction of such 
other business as may regularly and properly come before 
the founder members at such meeting; and such special 
business meetings shall be called at the end of each ten- 
year period and at any such decennial meeting of the 
members, if a majority of the then members of this Club 
as shown by the records of the Club, shall desire to 
terminate the existence of the said Club and to liquidate 
its affairs, then and in that event, the said Board of 
Trustees shall upon the direction of the said founder 
members, proceed to liquidate the affairs of the Club by 
selling, all of the property, real, personal and mixed, be- 
longing to the Club and after paying the indebtedness 
outstanding against the Club shall distribute the net 
proceeds arising from such sale among the then founder 
members of tiie (ilub. share and share alike. 
IX.— BY-LAWS. 
The Board of Trustees shall from time to time adopt 
such by-laws and such rules as may be reasonably neces- 
sary to carry out the purposes and objects of this Club. 
X.— QUORUM, PROXIES, VOTES, ETC. 
At each annual meeting a majority of the founder 
membership present in person or by proxy shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, each 
founder member being entitled to one vote. 
XI.— NOTIFICATION. 
The Secretary shall mail a notice in writing of all 
annual meetings to the last known address of each 
founder member at least ten days before the date of such 
annual meeting. 

XII. 
These Articles of Association may be amended at any 
annual meeting of the founder members, by a maionty 
vote. 



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